20 gallons of soil in a sip. It’s the only way. Easy to make.
so you wouldnt go with a wooden raised bed covering the tent, is there a specific reason for that?
i’m actually not vertically challenged per se, it’ll just add some more training to my grows to keep the cannalope as low as possible. it just stretches 3-4 times during flip. but its possible i guess.
That's what I do too, but with 15's. Mine are just reg pots, not sips.
Either way. The bed would probably be better, but then there's no moving it. I like to be able to move the pots around.
I'm diggin how you trimmed the lip on the tote lids. Great idea. I bet it really helps to keep the top soil moist.
Obviously I'm a big fan of beds, but once the bed is in, it's a pain to undo it. If your set on organic, SIP is likely going to give you the results your after.
oh a resting period wouldn’t work for me. must i definitely rest it even with worms and clovers and amendments? i wouldn’t probably know for sure until i try i guess.
i may not want to move the pots around much but topdress and go. maybe no-till is not what i’m after but a cross between no-till and los with big pots. basically living organic soil with cover crops. need to think about it a bit. so hard to decide
yeah sip would basically be me adding a pvc pipe to the 20 gallon pots and drilling a side hole and layering the bottom with a drainage material and mulching right? i just can’t decide here haha. i’m just gonna flip a coin atm
You don't need a resting period if you just keep up with top dressing.oh a resting period wouldn’t work for me. must i definitely rest it even with worms and clovers and amendments? i wouldn’t probably know for sure until i try i guess.
i may not want to move the pots around much but topdress and go. maybe no-till is not what i’m after but a cross between no-till and los with big pots. basically living organic soil with cover crops. need to think about it a bit. so hard to decide
yeah sip would basically be me adding a pvc pipe to the 20 gallon pots and drilling a side hole and layering the bottom with a drainage material and mulching right? i just can’t decide here haha. i’m just gonna flip a coin atm
yeah i’m guessing a 150 gallon bed would be better than 20gal x 4 pots but that much moist medium would cause a spike in my rh i’m guessing. am i wrong?
I don't think a bed would create much more humidity. Maybe search "no-till bed" or something. There's a bunch of people on here that grow like that. They could probably give better advice about this.
i kinda did but will again thanks for your input bro
No problem. Since you have the 80 gal worth already and don't want to buy more, you could always use pots for now and get some practice. And do more research. I don't know. A bed would be cool though.
yeah like i haven’t bought any soil for the last 2 years or so i’m just cooking recycling and composting what i have so i got a pretty nice organic soil atm but man a bed just sounds very sexy haha
This is a decent thread talking about raised beds.
The RH increase is likely if you top water. For example with my bed. I have 17" of soil depth with a 2-3" cypress mulch layer. When ever I top water a tea or the like, ambient RH spikes. It goes down faster as the mulches surface dries. But I also use blumats with the blusoak, and It was suggested to me in my grow thread, to bury the blusoak under the mulch. Since I did just that, I haven't had any spikes in RH from the blumats. Only when I top water. I think that even if your just using drip emitters instead of the blusoak, you'd have the same result with consistent RH. It's when you wet an area from the top you have all that surface area that's going to release moisture, not what's under the mulch.
thanks man i read it and still confused as ever hahaha